diff --git a/benchmarks/basic_commands.py b/benchmarks/basic_commands.py
index 0ed21ee8ec3363f9868fc52fcef91fb0a442f28e_YmVuY2htYXJrcy9iYXNpY19jb21tYW5kcy5weQ==..a28b0e28a20d3d1727d1c36520be87b11098fbac_YmVuY2htYXJrcy9iYXNpY19jb21tYW5kcy5weQ== 100644
--- a/benchmarks/basic_commands.py
+++ b/benchmarks/basic_commands.py
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
             # Only test for strip variants specified in the .benchrepo
             raise NotImplementedError("Strip variant {} not used for repo {}".format(strip, repo))
 
-        tmpdir = os.path.join(REPOS_DIR, '.tmp')
+        tmpdir = os.path.join(REPOS_DIR, 'runtime-clones')
         try:
             os.makedirs(tmpdir)
         except OSError as exc:
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
 
     def setup(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(BasePushPullTimeSuite, self).setup(*args, **kwargs)
-        tmpdir = os.path.join(REPOS_DIR, '.tmp')
+        tmpdir = os.path.join(REPOS_DIR, 'runtime-clones')
         try:
             os.makedirs(tmpdir)
         except OSError as exc: